Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-10-29
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I be my wife. couldn't expect any
girl to go to the bleak loneliness Of
the Beach Farm, with it's acres OF
sea-grass and shingly sand, and it's
old one.storied house, all leaning to
one side with the east wind.' 8
Winifred looked at him with soft
| glittering eyes. 80.
Jack said she. e.I don't mind
= the loneliness, NOR the winds, lift
only youflo me! = dsrisk 10 all;
IF if 80, ,i E s Sc.
.Winiiredl DO you really mean
it,
.Yes,J ack.
'Yon'llrisksit all, Winlfred for
my sakef'
And She.said5 again:
yes, jack
Great was the tumult and dis
pleasure in the WynharJ family
When it was discovered that Winii
fred had engage herself to Jack
Jelliffe.
IF it had been Simeon now
croaked Mrs. Wynhart, 4 shouldn't
have made so much OBJECTION
'But | didn't love Simeon, moth.
err pleaded Winfield.
'Lovel' repeated Luella, angrlly.
Bah! I'ven0 patience with sen.
tlmeDtal trash; and if Winifred is
Determined to go to Beach Farm,
she must make up her mini to sep
ara;e from nS!'
ooh, Luella!'
sLuella is right said Mrs. Wyn-
hart. 81 never expected to see a
child Of mine deliberately turn pau
per-
And WinifIed, who had been Sc
cretly contemplating the idea Of a
new.white alpaca dress to be mar
rled in, now resolved that she
would have to wash and iron her
white muslin, because it was very.
plain that her mother would not
open her purse strings in her be-
half.
Winifred, soft and yielding
though she was in OTHER matters,
was most.true and loyal to Jack
Jelliffe, i'll spite of the vehement
opposition Sue met with from her
family.
..I-love him. mother, she said
piteously, when Mrs. Wynhart Was
most mercilessin her yituperation.
..Humphp said the stout matron,
Its a.pitysyou didn't fall in love
with Billy Steiey, who Fshas just
been sent to the poorhousep
So matters stood, one bloomy,
blowy April evening, when Wini-
fred went out under the crimsoning
naples Of tue woods to meet Jack
Jellitfe. For Mrs. WynharJ had
made herself so obtruslyely disa-
greeable that all hopes Of pleasant
evenings by the fireside were aban
dcned, aud Winifred lived only in
the brief, bright moments when
she met her lover in the winter
sunset, with the frozen branches
cracking overhead, and the chill
stars shining in the sky.
Jack Jelliffe was there before
her.
well, lassie,' he exclaimed, joy
ously, as she came up. .I'vc been
waiting for you this half hour!'-
And l thought you never were
comingl'
Mrs. Wynhart was cutting OUT
little cloth waistcoats for the twins,
by the ligh+ of a kerosene lamp,
when the door opened and Wini-
fred came in, leaning on-Jack's
arm!'
Mother said Winifred, in low
voice, 'We have something to tell
you. Jack has sold the Beach
Farm
'Humrh!' said Mrs. Wynhart.-
sAnd you are expecting to come
here TO llye,are youf But you can
not
TO the city of Sandport,' went
on Winifred, as if her mother had
not spoken-'for a seaside park
And they have paid him $4,000 Tor
it,
sFour-thousand-poundsp gasped
Mrs. Wynhart. For one hundred
acres OF barren sea sand! 1t amt
true. don't believer '
.And,' added valiant Jack, we
have bought Doctor Bailey's farm,
with the stone house, and | can give
Winlfred a home at least,as good
as the one | take her FROM
sAs good as yon take her from!
| should think sol calculated Mrs.
Wyuhart, remembering with re-
greet that allthis golden prize might
have been snella's. Squire Bal
ley's stone nousel with Jay win
dow and double parlors and blinds
10 every window Well! Only,
Winifred, hope you'll not be too
set up to speak to your mother and
sister when you're moved thereF
'There is no danger Of it, said
Winifred, laughingly, almost hys-
terically-for brave as she bad been
in Tie face Of trouble, good fortune
almost took her by surprise. But
oh! mother, if you'll only kiss me
and say that you're glad pm going
to be so happy-if you'll only dc
that!'
And Mrs. Wynhart did SO, frou
tile very bottom OF her heart
Neither was it III act of hypocrisy